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New York Times, Wednesday, November 28, 1973

15-Across : "Once ___ midnight dreary ... "

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,873
Across
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Imposing : EPIC
5
Insect stages : PUPAS
10
Forcible impact : WHAM
14
Soft drink : SODA
15
"Once ___ midnight dreary ... " : UPONA
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Stratagem : RUSE
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Litigant : SUER
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Use up : SPEND
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Fiber plant : ALOE
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Usually : FORTHEMOSTPART
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"Watch ___ step" : YOUR
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Athletic org. : AAU
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Hot drink : SALOOP
28
Rough it : BACKPACK
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Fish : TROUT
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Equally : ALIKE
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Relative: Abbr. : BRO
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Reddish brown : RUST
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Mandamuses : WRITS
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Legal equal : PEER
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Presidential nickname : ABE
40
Damages : HARMS
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Mrs. Fitzgerald : ZELDA
42
Rejected : PASSEDUP
44
Fares : GETSON
45
Launching place : PAD
46
Gaze steadily : PORE
47
Precisely : FORALLTHEWORLD
54
Wing-shaped : ALAR
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Deteriorate : ERODE
56
Possessive pronoun : OURS
58
Commend : CITE
59
Branches, in Mexico : RAMAS
60
Site of Zion Park : UTAH
61
On one's ___ : TOES
62
Small fish : SMELT
63
Head: Fr. : TETE
Down
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Feminine suffix : ESS
2
Muffled sound : POUF
3
Thought: Prefix : IDEO
4
Execute : CARRYOUT
5
Daily-dozen unit : PUSHUP
6
Superior : UPPER
7
"Evangeline," for one : POEM
8
___ Domini : ANNO
9
Inept ones : SADSACKS
10
Conclude : WRAPUP
11
Dance : HULA
12
Old lyre : ASOR
13
Confront : MEET
21
Binge : TOOT
22
Secure : TAKE
25
Leather fastening : STRAP
26
Antilles island : ARUBA
27
Suffers defeat : LOSES
28
Dirigible : BLIMP
29
River islands : AITS
30
Elie and Walter : ABELS
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Formula of belief : CREDO
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Sacred text of Islam : KORAN
34
Indonesian islands : ARRU
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Ducks, e.g. : WADDLERS
38
Diminish gradually : PETEROUT
40
Purify : HEAL
41
Goose egg : ZERO
43
Reserves : SPARES
44
"___, young man" : GOWEST
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___ pushers : PEDAL
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Reality : FACT
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Miscellany : OLIO
49
Pace : RATE
50
Mine car : TRAM
51
Kind of plate or fries : HOME
52
Musical instrument : LUTE
53
Mild oath : DRAT
57
Pronoun : SHE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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